Thursday, 13 December 2007

Adobe Delivers Flash Player 9 with H.264 Video Support

Adobe Systems has made available the Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3 software, previously code named Moviestar, which now includes H.264 standard video support, the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players, and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio capabilities.

The latest update also features hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced, full-screen video playback for high-resolution viewing across major operating systems and browsers. The combination of Adobe Flash Player 9 and Adobe Flash Media Server 3 -- also announced today-- enables the delivery of HD quality video to the broadest online audience.

H.264 support is an encoding option in Adobe Premiere® Pro and Adobe After Effects software and is now integrated across the Adobe Flash family of products. Support extends to applications developed for Adobe AIR software, a cross-operating system application runtime that enables developers to use their existing skills to build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop. Expected to be available in early 2008, Adobe Media Player, the first application from Adobe built on Adobe AIR, will leverage both H.264 video and HE-AAC audio support. Adobe Media Player takes Flash streaming video experiences outside the Web browser delivering more viewing options, such as watching videos anytime, anywhere.

“FOXnews.com features an extensive and continuously updated video library of breaking news, high-profile interviews and compelling segments from news programs throughout the day,” said Jeff Misenti, vice president and general manager, FOX News Digital.

“Collaborating with Adobe allows us to enhance the viewer experience and meet the growing demand for Web video in high-definition.”

Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3 is available immediately at www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer